Rahmon called to release Abdullohi Shamsiddin

Amnesty International has sent a letter to the President of Tajikistan.

The international organization Amnesty International, in its letter, urged the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to take all necessary measures to reveal the whereabouts of Abdullohi Shamsiddin, ensure his protection from torture or other forms of cruel treatment in places of detention, and provide him with the opportunity to meet with relatives.

In a letter published on April 11, Amnesty International noted that “Abdullohi Shamsiddin has become a target of persecution due to his connections with a high-ranking member of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, which the Tajik authorities arbitrarily banned in 2015.”

“Abdullohi Shamsiddin must be immediately released,” the letter states.

On January 18, the German authorities deported Abdullohi Shamsiddin, the son of one of the leaders of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, due to the lack of residency documents and providing false personal information.

After his deportation to Tajikistan, Abdullo was detained at the International Airport of Dushanbe and taken to an unknown location.

On March 29, the court of the Sino district of the capital found him guilty under Article 307, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan and sentenced him to 7 years in prison.

Since Abdullo’s deportation from Germany to Tajikistan, the authorities have not reported any charges against him, and no law enforcement agency has confirmed that he is in custody. Earlier, at a press conference, the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Attorney General stated that they had no information about his whereabouts.

After Tajik political activist Abdullohi Shamsiddin was detained in Germany and later deported to Tajikistan, friends, colleagues, political activists, and opposition representatives held several protests in Germany. A number of human rights and international organizations, as well as German and Tajik activists, called on the Tajik authorities to release Abdullohi Shamsiddin.